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WILLIAM C. SWLNDLER, OE BELLEVILLE, INDIANA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,799, date .August7, 1883.

Application filed May 29, 1883.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM C. SWINDLER, a citizen of the United States,resi ding at Belleville, in the county of Hendricks and State ofIndiana7 have invented certain new and useful Improvements inStraw-Stacking Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in straw-stacking machines; and theobjects of my improvements are, first, to dispense with turntable andderrick; second, to produce a lowdown stacker, or one in which therunning-gear of the straw-carrier is operated from the frame of thetruck instead of from an elevated turntable, which is simpler inconstruction and more easily and quickly raised and lowered than themachines now in use. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a side elevation ofthe entire machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section through themachine on line a: Fig. 3 is a top view and partial horizontal sectionthrough themachine on line y y, Fig. l, with the top tie-plate, L, shownin dotted lines. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section through themachine on line z z on Fig. 3.

The same letters of reference refer to the same or corresponding partsthroughout the several views.

A is the frame of the truck. rIo it are bolted the socket-plate C andthe posts B B. At the top of and connecting the posts B B is thetieplate L. Between the socket-plate C on truck A and the tie-plate L isstandard D, screwed solidly into the socket-plate Candto tie-plate L.

Around the flanges forming socket in plate C on truck A operates thegear-wheel H, and it is operated by the gear-wheel o and the pulley 7'on shaft R, said pulley 1' being driven by a belt from the engine orthrashing-machine.

The shaft B is supported on truck Aby brackets. The gear-wheel H drivesthe shaft G in connection with the gear g on shaft G, which operatespulley g on shaft G. Shaft G is hung to bolster F. Pulley g on shaft Goperates pulley k on shaft K by a belt. Shaft K runs the straw-carrier.The posts B B are set back of stationary standard D, to allowstraw-carrier to swing around. i

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Around stationary standard D operates the sleeve E. To this sleeve issecurely fastened the bolster F, and the arms F and F2 well braced tosleeve. The arms F support the shaft N, on which are rigidly secured thedrums m m. 'Ihe shaft N is operated by a crank-wheel, M, or any othersuitable device, and o n the drums mm are wound the chains or ropes P P,which pass over guide-pulleys n u on shaft F2, and are connected to thecarrier-frame S. The carrierframe S is thus raised and lowered byoperating crank-wheel M, said carrier-frame to be held in any positiondesired by clicks operating on the drums or on the crank-wheel, or byany other suitable device. On tie-plate L is the hood W, with chute w,depending from the hood, to deliver the straw directly onto the carrier.

The belt from the engine or thrashing-machine to the pulley r runs shaftR. Gear r on shaft B transmits the power to gear H operating around thebase of the stationary standard D. Gear-wheel H transmits the power toshaft G, and it in turn to shaft K, by means of gearwheel y and pulleysg and k. Shaft K operates the slats and belts of the straw-carrier.

The bolster F, which supports carrier-frame S, and the arms F and F2, towhich are secured c the mechanism serving to raise and lower thecarrier-frame S, being rigidly fastenedto sleeve E, enables thecarrier-frame to be operated in any direction without interfering withthe operation of `any part of the machine.

To prepare the machine for transportation, lower the carrier-frame ontothe truck and fold it. To raise the stacker, Vunfold the carrierframeand raise it by the aid of crank-wheels, chains, &c.

WhatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

I. The combination, in a low-down strawstacker, of the carrier-frame, atruck, a stationary standard, a sleeve mounted on said standard, abolster supporting the carrierframe securely fastened to said sleeve,the pulleys, and the bevel-gearing operating around the base of thestationary standard, as described, and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, in a low-down strawstacker, of the carrier-frame S,the bolster F,

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arms F', with shaft N, drums m m, crank-Wheel M, arms F2, With pulleys nn, chains or ropes P l?, a stationary standard, and a sleeve, E,operating around said stationary standard D to allow stacker to beturned in any direction Without interfering With the operation of anypart of the machine, substantially as described, and for the purposespecified.

3. The combination, in a low-down strawstaoker, of the carrier-frame S,a stationary standard, D, supporting-posts B B, socketplate C, tie-plateL, the gearing H, 1", and g at the base of the stationary standard D,the pulleys o', g, and k to transmit motion to the oar-

